Winegard PL-8000R Dish Playmaker Dual with Wally HD Receiver Bundle - White

This is an amazing antenna about 1/4 of the size of the old Winegard it replaced. Winegard support was great. Instructions did not cover Bell receiver setup, but one call to support and they emailed me. Took a bit of time but got it working pretty fast. Just make sure you have a clear line of site Winegard has a cool app you can download for your smartphone phone to check it. Next setup Dish network in US i’m not expecting any issues. If you want they offer a permanent roof mount kit but we choose the trippod in case we were parked under trees or something else that would block the signal.

This is a great way to have Sat TV on the road. We have DirecTV at home and also have a Winegard Travl'r dish on the roof of our camper. The Travl'r regularly gives us trouble and frequently our campsite has trees in the way of the roof-mounted dish. We decided to get the portable so we would have TV almost all the time on the road. First thing; This unit only gets SD TV from DirecTV. It gets HD from Dish. Well, we are roughing it, after all. All of the newer DVRs from DirecTV requires a SWM unit. This is a little box that allows receivers to have just one connection from the satellite. THE GM-9000 NEEDS THE WINEGARD SWM-80 KIT TO WORK WITH NEWER RECEIVERS AND DVR'S. This kit costs about $80. It's worth it. Beware that you make sure you are buying the kit made by Winegard. There are sellers who pretend to sell the factory kit. Setup is simple. You will need several short cables to connect the various pieces of the SWM-80 kit and power injector (comes with the antenna) together. You should use two cables to the antenna. The unit comes with one 25ft length of coax. For less than $20 here on Amazon, you can buy a dual-coax RG6 50ft cable. This is two cables in one. It's perfect for this application. This setup allows you to connect two or more (up to 8 according to the documentation) receivers. This is called the SWM setup and only works with receivers designed to work with SWM. The SWM setup only looks at the 101 degree satellite. This isn't a problem since almost all DirecTV SD programming is on that satellite. The 103 degree satellite (the other one this dish can get) is virtually all HD channels. Don't be put off by the need for the SWM-80 kit. It is easy to hook up. We mounted the components and the power injector on a piece of plywood and did all the connections. Now, all we do is run the 50ft dual coax, connect the receivers, and go. We also purchased the optional mounting tripod. It's a lifesaver if it rains. It was very simple to set up this system. We have 2 DVR's running off of it with absolutely no problem. We can record one program and watch another on each receiver. Just be sure your DirecTV equipment is SWM for this setup. Chances are it is. HELPFUL HINT: When setting up the SWM system, run the satellite setup on each receiver. Look at the antenna options. If there is one for "Round 18" Dish" use that. If not, the "SWM 3" will most likely work. Ignore error messages and press "Continue". You may need to reboot the receiver before everything works correctly. One receiver set up with no problem. The other needed to be rebooted.

I like it for its portability and ease of use, all weather, I use it on my patio at home for watching TV outside. weather proof and easy to bolt down to a table top or some other stand. Expensive but best price was on Amazon. Locked on to the satellites quickly and recognized the spare receiver I have right away, was ready to watch in about 10 minutes or less.

Horrible product, quit working after 3 uses. Horrible Winegard customer service, will not warranty their own products. Will never buy another Winegard product, looking at king units Please note that Amazon offered refund

This is a pile of crap. I had to buy two receivers and still, this so-called Sattille i9s is the biggest pile of garbage I have ever owned. NOT HAPPY AT ALL.